Guadalcanal The U.s. Marines in World War Ii a Pictorial Tribute

On August 7, 1942, a scant nine months after Pearl Harbor, the Marine Corps struck back against Japan on an island half a world away: Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands. The stakes were high. The Japanese had been running roughshod across Asia, the Pacific, and the Indian Ocean. If the Marines failed in the Solomons, Samoa and Fiji would almost certainly fall, mortally threatening America's lifeline to Australia. The 1st Marine Division's stand at Guadalcanal ranks with the most heroic, dramatic, and enduring of military history.Hammel, Eric M. is the author of 'Guadalcanal The U.s. Marines in World War Ii a Pictorial Tribute', published 2007 under ISBN 9780760331484 and ISBN 0760331480.